ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS

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Remedy Origin / Source
Natural

Clinical Applications

Anagallis contains Saponin, q. v.

Related Remedies
Cyclamen Primula obcon.

Key Symptoms & Indications

  • Marked action on skin, characterized by great itching and tingling everywhere. Favors expulsion of splinters. An old medicine for hydrophobia and dropsy. Possesses power of softening flesh and destroying warts.

Physical Symptoms

Head

Great hilarity; headache over supra-orbital ridges, with rumbling in bowels and eructations; better from coffee. Sick headache. Pain in facial muscles.

Extremities

Rheumatic and gouty pains. Pain in shoulder and arm. Cramp in ball of thumbs and fingers.

Urine

More or less irritation in urethra, inclining to coition. Burning pain on urinating, with agglutination of orifice. Urine passes in several streams; must press before it passes.

Skin

Itching; dry, bran-like eruption, especially on hands and fingers . Palms especially affected. Vesicles in groups. Ulcers and swellings on joints.

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ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS

Scarlet Pimpernel (ANAGALLIS)

Marked action on skin, characterized by great itching and tingling everywhere. Favors expulsion of splinters. An old medicine for hydrophobia and dropsy. Possesses power of softening flesh and destroying warts.

Head

Great hilarity; headache over supra-orbital ridges, with rumbling in bowels and eructations; better from coffee. Sick headache. Pain in facial muscles.

Extremities

Rheumatic and gouty pains. Pain in shoulder and arm. Cramp in ball of thumbs and fingers.

Urine

More or less irritation in urethra, inclining to coition. Burning pain on urinating, with agglutination of orifice. Urine passes in several streams; must press before it passes.

Skin

Itching; dry, bran-like eruption, especially on hands and fingers. Palms especially affected. Vesicles in groups. Ulcers and swellings on joints.

Relationship

Anagallis contains Saponin, q. v.

Compare: Cyclamen; Primula obcon.

Dose

First to third potency.

Anagallis Arvensis.

Scarlet Pimpernel. Weather-glass. Red Chickweed. N. O. Primulaceæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant.
Clinical

Amblyopia. Cataract. Constipation. Dropsy. Epilepsy. Epistaxis. Gonorrhœa. Gout. Hæmorrhoids. Headache. Hypochondriasis. Hysteria. Mania. Neuralgia. Rheumatism. Ringworm. Skin, unhealthy. Snake-bites. Syphilis. Tetters. Ulcers, ill-conditioned. Wounds.

Characteristics

Like the Primula obconca, Anagallis has a marked action on the skin. Skin itches all over; becomes dry and rough; has bran-like tetters in rings; ulcers and swellings on joints. Ill-conditioned ulcers. It favours expulsion of splinters. Has been used for snake-bites and hydrophobia. It produces great exhilaration and activity of mind: thinks of everything. Great hilarity. (The Greek name of the plant means to laugh out loud.) Tickling and itching in left ear. Bran-like, ring-shaped tetters on face. Dull pains in gums accompanied by very hard stools. Sensation on tongue as if something cold were placed on it. Dryness and scraping in throat. Scraping, scratching of larynx and trachea with hoarseness; < after eating. Tickling prickling along urethra; orifice agglutinated. Tearing in spermatic cord. Syphilis with nose-bleed, deranged mind, pain in small of back, and itching skin. Soreness on chest with pain. Eruption on chest. Tensive drawing ascending from left shoulder to nape of neck (Eupat. perf). Skin of hands dry, sticky, and dirty-looking. Tetters. Vesicles in groups. Pain and tightness in bend of left knee. It is a vulnerary of some importance. Symptoms are < by touch; < after eating.

Relations

Compare: Prim. obc. and Cyclamen. (bot.); Coff. (joyous; excited); Lith. c. (rough skin, ringworm); Sep., Tellur. (ringworm); Puls. (chilly, catarrh); Rhus t.

1. Mind

Exhilarated, mind active, thinks of everything.Cannot collect his thoughts whilst listening to sermon on account of jovial feelings.Great hilarity for several days; everything gives him pleasure.Despondency.After mental exertion great prostration.

2. Head

Heat rising to head, slight sweat on forehead, followed by pressing stitching in eyeballs, and a tickling, pricking in urethra, inclining him to coition.Headache just over supra-orbital ridges with eructations and rumbling in the bowels.Spasmodic lancinations in both temples, extending to eyes.Pressive aching in forehead and occiput from a current of air blowing on him.Intense headache and nausea with pains throughout the body.Occiput: dull or tearing pains and inclination to vomit; violent headache, with hard, knotty stools; knocking pain in l. side; dull pain all night.Headache > by coffee.Skin of forehead feels too tight.

3. Eyes

Things seem to float to and fro, he cannot write.Glittering before l. eye.Pressing in eyes after headache.Stitches in temples extending into eyes.Pain in r. eyeball < on touching lids.Itching of lids.

4. Ears

Obstruction and pain in r. ear following the pressure in eyes.Stitches in r. ear.Tickling and itching in l. ear.

5. Nose

Nose-bleed (syphilis).Unpleasant tickling on top of nose, with violent sneezing.Copious secretion of yellow mucus.

6. Face

Neuralgic pains in r. cheek-bone, extending to supra-orbital region; during the night.Pains in facial muscles.Bran-like, ring-shaped tetters on face.Itching on cheekbones.Itching and tickling stitches on l. corner of mouth and lower lip, just under the border.

7. Teeth

Dull pain in a hollow tooth with trembling of the heart.Dull pain in upper molars and tearing pain in r. cheek-bone.Teeth pain as from cold; < from touch; chilly sensation in teeth.Dull pain in gums accompanied by very hard stools.

8. Mouth

Sensation on tongue as if something cold were placed upon it; also near frænum.Viscid saliva in mouth, raised by coughing.Collection of water in mouth, with slight tearing in molars.

9. Throat

Sensation of dryness in throat with scraping.Tickling at soft palate at night, as from touch of something cold.

11. Stomach

Eructations, nausea, inclination to vomit, and rumbling in bowels with headache.Causes inflammation of the stomach in horses.

12. Abdomen

Hepatitis and induration of liver.Abdomen distended with wind.Visceral obstructions.

13. Stool and Anus

Inflammation of rectum in horses.Itching in rectum; pressure in sacrum; piles.Passes offensive flatus.Stools: watery; soft and pappy; hard like stones; knotty.Itching at anus after stool.

14. Urinary Organs

Burning in urethra when urinating, mostly in the morning.Orifice agglutinated; presses to urinate; stream divided.Tickling prickling along urethra inclining to coitus.

15. Male Sexual Organs

The burning in urethra before and during erection ceases during coitus.Drawing pains in r. testicle and cord.Tearing pains in spermatic cords.Tickling in symphysis pubis.

17. Respiratory Organs

Scratching and scraping in throat, esp. after meals.Hoarseness proceeding from the trachea.Cough dry, with a scratching sensation when reading aloud; with yellow phlegm from the nose; with spitting of saliva.

18. Chest

A kind of restlessness in chest.Soreness on the chest with fever.Pressure in r. lung after a meal or when walking fast.Suddenly a feeling internally in chest as if struck with a cushion full of pins.Itching on l. side of chest, principally on nipple.Eruption on chest.

19. Heart

Violent trembling of heart, with general trembling and weakness, preceded by aching in a carious tooth and anxiety in chest in evening in bed.Palpitation.

20. Neck

Tensive drawing from l. shoulder up to neck; returns when lifting or stretching the arm.Trembling of muscles of neck (horses).

22. Upper Limbs

Pains in muscles of upper arm, outside, near shoulder.Pains in forearm; in carpal and metacarpal bones.Gouty swellings on joints of fingers.Skin of hands and fingers very dry, sticky and dirty-looking.Tetter on hands; moist or dry and hairlike.

23. Lower Limbs

Pain in hip.Tickling pains in r. leg and at the os ilium.Drawing pains in muscles of l. leg; tearing during night.Weakness and lameness in r. leg, as if it was too short.Pains in bend of l. knee; sensation of tightness as if something swollen or sore.Pains in shin bones; < when extending the leg.Cramps.Pains in metatarsus and sole (l.), in concave part of l. sole and near toes.

24. Generalities

A chilly trembling.Exhausted and drowsy.

25. Skin

Itches all over; rough, dry.Dry bran-like tetters in rings.Ulcers and swellings on joints.Ill-conditioned ulcers.Promotes expulsion of splinters.

26. Sleep

Falls asleep late; sleep restless; awakens early; feeling unrefreshed.

Anagallis arvensis

(Scarlet Pimpernel)

PHARMACY- anag. Anagallis arvensis. Scarlet pimpernel. Weather-glass. Red chickweed.

N.0. Primulacae. Tincture of whole fresh plant. The fresh plant of the scarlet-flowered variety, gathered before the development of the flowers is pounded to a pulp and subjected to pressure. The expressed juice is mingled with an equal part by weight of alcohol.

Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.

CLINICAL - Active mind. Amblyopia. Cataract. Constipation. Convulsions. Dropsy. Epilepsy. Gonorrhea. Gout. hemorrhoids. Headache. Hypochondriasis. Hysteria. itching. Manta. Neuralgia. Nosebleed. Rheumatism. Ringworm. Skin. unhealthy. Snakebites. Syphilis. Tetters. Ulcers. Wounds.

HERBAL-The Greek name of the plant means to laugh out loud. it produces great exhilaration and over activity of mind. Great hilarity. An ancient medicine for hydrophobia and dropsy. It is a vulnerary of some importance.

Like the Primula obconca, Anagallis has a marked action on the skin, characterized by great itching and tingling everywhere. Possesses power of softening flesh and destroying warts. Ill-conditioned ulcers. It favors expulsion of splinters. Anagallis has been used for snake bites and ulcers.

HOMEOPATHIC - Skin itches all over. becomes dry and rough. Tellers. Vesicles in groups. Ulcers and swellings on joints. Bran-like. Ring shaped tellers on face. Eruption on chest. Skin of hands dry. stick and dirty looking.

Soreness on chest with pain. Pains in joints going from place to place. Rheumatic and gouty pains. Dropsy. Tensive drawing ascending from left shoulder to nape of neck (Eup-per.). Pain and tightness in bend of left knee.

Tickling and itching in left ear. Dull pains in gums accompanied by very hard stools. Sensation on tongue as if something cold were placed on 11. Dryness and scraping in throat. Scraping, scratching of larynx and trachea with hoarseness, worse after eating. Syphilis with nosebleed. deranged mind. pain in small of back and itching skin. Tickling prickling along urethra orifice agglutinated. Tearing in spermatic cord.

MIND - Great hilarity, exhilarated feeling. Cannot collect his thoughts while listening on account of jovial feelings. Mind very active. Despondency. Great prostration after mental exertion.

Abdomen - Distended with wind. weak feeling in abdomen.

Causations - Mental work causes great prostration (Pic-ac.).

Constitutions - Psoric. allergic constitutions.

Eyes - Pain in right eyeball, worse from touching lids.

Head - Headache over supra-orbital ridges with rumbling in bowels and belching, better from coffee. Sick headache. Pain in facial muscles.

Kidneys - More or less irritation in urethra inclining to sex. Burning pain on urinating with agglutination of orifice. Urine passes in several streams. must press before it passes. Urine is dark, straw-colored, urine escapes in divided stream (Thuj.).

Limbs - Rheumatic and gouty pains. Pain

in shoulder and arm. Cramp in ball of thumbs and fingers.

Modalities - Better from coffee, relieves headache. Burning in urethra before and during erection. ceases during sex. Worse by touch. Worse after eating.

Mouth - Viscid saliva in mouth, raised by

coughing, water in mouth with tearing pains in molars.

Neck - Tensive drawing, ascending from left shoulder to nape of neck, worse from raising and extending arm.

Nose - Nosebleed. Violent sneezing. expelling lumps of yellow phlegm. Running water from nose. Copious secretion of yellow phlegm.

Pelvis- Violent pain in sacrum when lifting a slight load.

Skin - Itching, dry, bran-like eruption, especially on hands and fingers. Palms especially affected. Ulcers and swellings on joints. Rough, dry. bran-like letters in rings. Groups of small vesicles, smarting and itching. oozing a yellowish-brown 

lymph, which soon turns into a scurf, new vesicles appearing beneath. Promotes expulsion of splinters (Hep.).

Stools - Hemorrhoids. Offensive flatus. Stools soft and pappy, watery diarrhea. Stools hard like stone, knotty.

Teeth - Pain as from cold.

RELATIONS

Compare:

(I) Primula obcon. Anagallis contains Saponin.

(2) Similar to Coffea - joyous, excited.

(3) Picric acid - prostration after mental exertion.

(4) Cyclamen-sneezing.

  • - cough skin, ringworm. Sep., Tell.
  • - chilliness, catarrhs.

REFERENCFS - Boericke. Clarke.

Remedy Profile

  • Type Remedy
  • Common Name N/A
  • Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency

First to third potency.

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